Geograph - photograph every grid square

Near the summit of tree covered Cairn Ellick. The path is pretty boggy, tree cover prevents the sun and wind drying it out. Fortunately this is the route of an official long distance path with an official budget, so I doubt it will stay in... (more)

Not quite at the highest point.

Normally I lag behind my companions taking photographs, and I don't like having people's retreating backs in my photographs. For once, I had got far enough ahead to catch them coming towards me. Even though it was November, it was... (more)

Cairn Ellick is a modest hill, an outlying top of another, Carn Daimh; much of it is covered with planted conifers. The summit area is heather covered and there's a small cairn where the two hill walkers are standing. The highest point... (more)

The moorland on the south side of Cairn Ellick.

Moorland backed by the plantation on the summit of Cairn Ellick.

The pale rectangles are where old heather has been burned to encourage new shoots, which is the food of the Red Grouse. The Tomintoul Spur of the Speyside Way passes to the right in this view. The official Speyside Way web site is at... (more)

At the gate ahead, the Tomintoul Spur of the Speyside Way enters the forest on the top of Cairn Ellick. We had promised ourselves a coffee break on reaching the gate, and were very glad to be almost there. The official Speyside Way web site... (more)

Some parts of the Tomintoul Spur of the Speyside Way in the forest on Cairn Ellick are more than a little muddy. The official Speyside Way web site is at Link - beware an unofficial site with a similar URL ending in .org.

Recent improvements have banished the horrible muddy track that once ran through this wood.

Recent improvements have banished the horrible muddy track that once ran through this wood.